Subject: Re: IBM Network Station and NetBSD 1.4?
To: Aslak Raanes <Aslak.Raanes@idi.ntnu.no>
From: Perry E. Metzger <perry@piermont.com>
List: port-i386
Date: 01/17/2000 21:02:23
Aslak Raanes <Aslak.Raanes@idi.ntnu.no> writes:
> We have some IBM Network Station 2200 and they seem to run som kind of
> modified (?) NetBSD 1.2. I was wondering if someone has managed to use a
> more «standard» and newer version of NetBSD on NS 2200? Do I need to
> make a special kernel?
> 
> <URL:http://www.pc.ibm.com/us/networkstation/>
> <URL:http://commerce.www.ibm.com/cgi-bin/ncommerce/ExecMacro/prodspecs.d2w/report?partnum=8363EUS&merchant_rn=1&priceType=IBM&cntry=840&lang=en_US>

NC OS is a hacked form of 1.3.2

You probably could get a "real" NetBSD kernel to boot on the thing,
although it certainly won't be pain free to do so.

Perry